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What Australia needs to do to protect consumers from untested stem-cell treatments

  • Written by Patrick Foong, Lecturer, Law, Swinburne University of Technology
imageBone-marrow transplants to treat leukaemia are one of the miniscule number of stem-cell treatments that have a strong evidence base.from shutterstock.com

Stem-cell research holds promise for the treatment of a broad range of diseases and conditions, from spinal cord injury to autism. But more work is needed to turn this research into safe and...

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